Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 819K in The Solomon Islands (ranked 162/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 10,807 sq mi for The Solomon Islands (ranked 54th vs. 141st).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149).

Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1960	$230,496,037	-
1961	$244,832,039	-
1962	$261,184,042	-
1963	$275,968,044	-
1964	$305,312,049	-
1965	$344,176,055	-
1966	$390,992,063	-
1967	$441,728,183	$25,203,524
1968	$485,184,190	$28,084,253
1969	$551,263,864	$28,606,411
1970	$645,568,215	-
1971	$717,750,278	$50,056,883
1972	$858,761,926	$40,606,712
1973	$1,299,079,410	$55,272,109
1974	$1,467,417,672	$84,539,332
1975	$1,356,603,608	$74,620,320
1976	$1,511,843,235	$83,100,834
1977	$1,640,746,619	$93,145,283
1978	$1,947,878,831	$111,027,427
1979	$2,293,760,511	$151,276,496
1980	$2,545,808,456	$182,852,107
1981	$2,498,190,847	$193,750,541
1982	$2,368,719,683	$192,902,019
1983	$2,562,351,551	$181,220,399
1984	$2,552,662,617	$181,570,474
1985	$2,423,339,172	$165,524,943
1986	$2,647,995,602	$147,620,048
1987	$3,143,851,794	$155,128,542
1988	$3,656,177,881	$176,494,394
1989	$3,546,472,566	$172,882,411
1990	$3,219,729,083	$214,877,667
1991	$3,787,394,958	$227,540,473
1992	$4,377,980,510	$269,034,596
1993	$4,974,550,286	$300,746,361
1994	$5,502,786,070	$402,837,005
1995	$4,636,057,476	$469,443,202
1996	$5,155,311,077	$510,586,430
1997	$4,936,615,299	$526,554,006
1998	$3,789,443,015	$457,579,840
1999	$3,477,038,204	$488,024,514
2000	$3,521,339,699	$419,842,674
2001	$3,081,024,212	$409,508,553
2002	$2,999,511,040	$346,406,739
2003	$3,536,411,824	$417,668,983
2004	$3,927,157,867	$468,005,319
2005	$4,865,892,972	$552,864,570
2006	$8,354,911,041	$617,258,154
2007	$9,545,028,944	$695,295,348
2008	$11,670,892,801	$776,337,692
2009	$11,619,456,449	$805,557,563
2010	$14,250,786,675	$898,133,685
2011	$17,985,138,066	$1,063,895,361
2012	$21,295,168,666	$1,185,215,418
2013	$21,261,338,065	$1,285,911,586
2014	$23,210,823,987	$1,335,571,421
2015	$21,723,437,010	$1,307,909,888
2016	$20,758,876,953	$1,379,490,304
2017	$22,742,699,138	$1,469,789,119
2018	$24,109,780,708	$1,615,478,393
2019	$24,750,626,030	$1,619,155,017
2020	$23,848,447,850	$1,536,145,814
2021	$26,109,413,521	$1,522,794,913
2022	$31,653,185,953	$1,566,360,686
2023	$30,816,367,067	$1,660,896,531
2024	$32,538,480,024	$1,760,767,447

Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1960	$115.5	-
1961	$119.7	-
1962	$124.7	-
1963	$128.9	-
1964	$139.5	-
1965	$153.9	-
1966	$171.1	-
1967	$189	$153.5
1968	$202.9	$166.9
1969	$225.3	$165.9
1970	$257.6	$162
1971	$279.7	$277.1
1972	$327	$219.5
1973	$483	$291.3
1974	$533	$433
1975	$482	$372
1976	$525	$401
1977	$558	$434
1978	$648	$500
1979	$748	$658
1980	$813	$768
1981	$781	$786
1982	$726	$756
1983	$769	$686
1984	$750	$665
1985	$697	$586
1986	$745	$506
1987	$865	$515
1988	$985	$567
1989	$934	$538
1990	$826	$648
1991	$942	$666
1992	$1,051	$764
1993	$1,151	$829
1994	$1,228	$1,078
1995	$998	$1,220
1996	$1,071	$1,289
1997	$990	$1,292
1998	$733	$1,092
1999	$650	$1,134
2000	$636	$953
2001	$538	$912
2002	$506	$757
2003	$577	$896
2004	$621	$986
2005	$744	$1,144
2006	$1,238	$1,256
2007	$1,371	$1,390
2008	$1,625	$1,526
2009	$1,569	$1,555
2010	$1,867	$1,685
2011	$2,288	$1,924
2012	$2,635	$2,066
2013	$2,561	$2,161
2014	$2,723	$2,165
2015	$2,485	$2,045
2016	$2,316	$2,083
2017	$2,478	$2,144
2018	$2,566	$2,278
2019	$2,576	$2,224
2020	$2,430	$2,063
2021	$2,608	$1,997
2022	$3,102	$2,005
2023	$2,966	$2,076
2024	$3,076	$2,149

Papua New Guinea vs. Solomon Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1950	39.4	41.4
1951	35.5	42
1952	40.7	42.6
1953	41.3	43.2
1954	42	43.7
1955	42.6	44.3
1956	43.3	42.8
1957	43.9	45.7
1958	44.6	46.3
1959	45.1	47
1960	45.8	47.7
1961	46.4	48.3
1962	46.7	49
1963	47.7	49.8
1964	48.3	50.6
1965	48.9	51.4
1966	49.6	52.3
1967	50.2	53.1
1968	50.9	54.1
1969	51.5	55.1
1970	52.1	56.1
1971	52.6	57
1972	53.3	57.9
1973	53.9	58.8
1974	54.4	59.6
1975	55	58.4
1976	55.5	61.2
1977	56	61.5
1978	56.5	62.5
1979	57	63.1
1980	57.4	63.7
1981	57.8	64.1
1982	58.1	64.5
1983	58.3	64.8
1984	58.6	65
1985	58.8	65.3
1986	59	64.7
1987	59.2	65.7
1988	59.4	65.9
1989	59.6	66.1
1990	59.8	66.2
1991	59.9	66.4
1992	60.3	66.5
1993	60.5	66.6
1994	60.7	66.7
1995	60.9	66.7
1996	61.1	66.7
1997	61.3	66.8
1998	60.4	66.9
1999	61.5	67
2000	61.6	67.1
2001	61.6	67.2
2002	61.6	67.4
2003	61.7	67.5
2004	61.8	67.6
2005	61.9	67.8
2006	62	68
2007	62.2	67.8
2008	62.5	68.3
2009	62.8	68.4
2010	63.1	68.7
2011	63.4	68.8
2012	63.6	69
2013	63.9	69
2014	64.2	69
2015	64.5	69.3
2016	64.7	69.5
2017	64.9	69.7
2018	65.1	69.8
2019	65.3	70
2020	65.1	69.3
2021	64.4	68.9
2022	65.3	70.4
2023	66.1	70.5
2024	66.3	70.7
2025	66.4	70.8

Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1960	1,995,110	139,688
1961	2,046,127	142,912
1962	2,093,919	146,201
1963	2,141,376	149,589
1964	2,188,325	153,085
1965	2,235,820	156,686
1966	2,285,774	160,393
1967	2,337,532	164,245
1968	2,390,803	168,282
1969	2,446,927	172,476
1970	2,505,628	176,579
1971	2,566,421	180,637
1972	2,628,432	184,994
1973	2,690,629	189,774
1974	2,752,671	195,041
1975	2,814,820	200,744
1976	2,877,327	207,194
1977	2,940,327	214,418
1978	3,003,714	222,029
1979	3,067,341	229,953
1980	3,131,512	238,135
1981	3,197,019	246,555
1982	3,264,291	255,200
1983	3,333,633	264,068
1984	3,405,198	273,163
1985	3,478,936	282,455
1986	3,554,793	291,842
1987	3,632,543	301,414
1988	3,711,880	311,265
1989	3,796,078	321,282
1990	3,896,481	331,435
1991	4,021,837	341,738
1992	4,166,699	352,205
1993	4,320,872	362,839
1994	4,480,208	373,675
1995	4,644,278	384,733
1996	4,813,361	396,009
1997	4,987,883	407,474
1998	5,166,390	419,071
1999	5,349,333	430,500
2000	5,537,064	440,469
2001	5,728,435	449,125
2002	5,924,003	457,671
2003	6,123,997	466,154
2004	6,328,041	474,611
2005	6,535,905	483,080
2006	6,747,720	491,594
2007	6,963,345	500,156
2008	7,183,002	508,790
2009	7,406,438	518,141
2010	7,633,523	532,968
2011	7,859,346	552,945
2012	8,081,390	573,606
2013	8,302,698	594,945
2014	8,523,441	616,908
2015	8,743,246	639,415
2016	8,961,718	662,379
2017	9,178,714	685,672
2018	9,394,513	709,101
2019	9,609,010	728,147
2020	9,815,746	744,498
2021	10,012,896	762,591
2022	10,203,169	781,066
2023	10,389,635	800,005
2024	10,576,502	819,198

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1960	6.02	7.07
1961	6.07	7.05
1962	6.14	7.04
1963	6.15	7.03
1964	6.19	7.05
1965	6.2	7.02
1966	6.23	7
1967	6.24	6.97
1968	6.25	6.95
1969	6.26	6.97
1970	6.25	6.98
1971	6.23	6.99
1972	6.2	6.99
1973	6.16	7
1974	6.11	7.01
1975	6.07	6.99
1976	6.02	6.95
1977	5.96	6.92
1978	5.88	6.87
1979	5.79	6.82
1980	5.71	6.77
1981	5.65	6.71
1982	5.59	6.64
1983	5.56	6.57
1984	5.51	6.49
1985	5.47	6.38
1986	5.42	6.26
1987	5.36	6.12
1988	5.3	5.99
1989	5.24	5.87
1990	5.18	5.74
1991	5.11	5.62
1992	5.03	5.51
1993	4.96	5.45
1994	4.87	5.4
1995	4.78	5.34
1996	4.73	5.22
1997	4.68	5.09
1998	4.63	4.98
1999	4.59	4.86
2000	4.53	4.76
2001	4.47	4.67
2002	4.42	4.6
2003	4.36	4.54
2004	4.28	4.47
2005	4.22	4.41
2006	4.15	4.39
2007	4.08	4.37
2008	4.01	4.36
2009	3.94	4.35
2010	3.88	4.34
2011	3.82	4.34
2012	3.75	4.33
2013	3.68	4.33
2014	3.63	4.36
2015	3.56	4.29
2016	3.5	4.2
2017	3.43	4.06
2018	3.38	3.93
2019	3.32	3.8
2020	3.27	3.75
2021	3.22	3.69
2022	3.17	3.62
2023	3.1	3.56

Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1960	18.5	16.8
1961	18.4	16.9
1962	18.3	16.9
1963	18.1	17
1964	18	17
1965	17.9	17
1966	17.8	17
1967	17.6	16.9
1968	17.5	16.8
1969	17.4	16.8
1970	17.3	16.7
1971	17.2	16.6
1972	17.1	16.6
1973	17.2	16.4
1974	17.2	16.3
1975	17.3	16.1
1976	17.4	15.9
1977	17.5	15.9
1978	17.7	15.8
1979	17.8	15.8
1980	18	15.8
1981	18.1	15.9
1982	18.2	15.9
1983	18.3	16
1984	18.3	16.1
1985	18.4	16.2
1986	18.5	16.3
1987	18.5	16.4
1988	18.6	16.5
1989	18.6	16.7
1990	18.7	16.8
1991	18.8	17
1992	18.9	17.1
1993	19	17.2
1994	19.1	17.4
1995	19.2	17.5
1996	19.4	17.7
1997	19.5	17.8
1998	19.6	17.9
1999	19.7	18.1
2000	19.8	18.3
2001	19.9	18.4
2002	19.9	18.6
2003	20	18.8
2004	20.2	19
2005	20.3	19.1
2006	20.4	19.2
2007	20.6	19.4
2008	20.7	19.4
2009	20.9	19.5
2010	21	19.6
2011	21.2	19.6
2012	21.3	19.7
2013	21.5	19.7
2014	21.7	19.8
2015	21.9	19.9
2016	22	20
2017	22.2	20.2
2018	22.4	20.4
2019	22.6	20.5
2020	22.8	20.7
2021	23	20.9
2022	23.2	21.1
2023	23.4	21.3
2024	23.6	21.5

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